Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-26
SACRAMENTO COUNTY BUGS.
Extracts from the Report of W. G. Klet
Inspector of Fruit Pests

Ss
Inspector of Fruit Pests.
w. G. Klee, State Inspector of Fruit
! Pests, in his annual report has this to say
about Sacramento
As in the case of older towns having
| large gardens, Sacramento has collected
most of the injurious insects In places the
IcergG purchase can he found although the
worst places are thoroughly cleansed. l
gave personal notice to all such places as
could learn about. But the county having
no Board of Horticulture, and no funds
for paying anybody, of course there was no
guarantee that the people would attend to
their duty IN that respect. At the Grange
meeting held about that time, l succeeded
in interesting the members, and the sub
ject of having Board appointed was to be
the topic of discussion al the next meeting.
The pernicious scale, as well as the red
orange scale A. dlTantti), can be found in
various places about the city Here, as
elsewhere, some persons have done good
work; others, by using worthless COM
pounds, or by applying good material in
faulty manner, have done nothing but
waste their time Here found an instance
OF using on pear trees pure kerosene with
success, the tree being unframed by the
oil trees were dormant when treated
AMERICAN RIVER.
In the large orchard of Weinstock &
Lubin, near Mayhem Station, a yery sue
cessful warfare had been carried on under
the supervision of Matthew Cooke. The
work being most thoroughly done, no in
sects could be found. Other places, less
wisely managed, showed the presence in a
bad degree of the pernicious scale. Some
of the orchards are too closely planted, the
hra rat n Daiul, hori,r,
so near together that it is impossible to do
thorough cleansing. The fruit produced in
this section is of very superior quality,
and well adapted for shipping. Prunes,
plums, pears. peaches, apricots and almonds
do exceedingly well without irrigation. At
Senator Reuters place we were shown
some seeding almonds much less affected
by the red spider than the Lanquedoc near
by and around them. At the same place
are growing some fine young orange trees
and olives.
SACRAMENTO RIVER SECTION.
Having accepted the hospitality of W.T..
Johnston, in company with him | visited
some of the principal orchards of the Sacra-
mento river. The narrow belt of cult
waited country stretches for many miles
from Richland 10 Isleton. It has long been
tayorably known as one of the most pro-
ductlye and paying sections of the State,
and so with good reason. Most varieties of
trees ripen fruit of fine size and appear
ance. From here the earliest Bartletts are
sent to the Eastern markets. Cherries,
plums and peaches are also amongst the
first coming into market. Although the
peach tree is not considered very long
lived tree, and not worth the keeping after
fifteen years, | saw here some sound trees
twenty-five years old, and which, by head
ing back, might last a longer time IN
fortunately, the proximity to market has
brought most of the insect pests. The
Goblin moth, of course, prevails; but, as
nearly all the apple orchards have been
taken up, and Bartlett pear trees chiefly
remain, the presence of the moth is disre-
garded by many of the growers, and not
considered anything serious. That meas
ures to keep this insect i'll check would be
of great benefit no one can deny; but to
enforce a law on this subject here would be
a difficult matter.
The pernicious scale can be found in
nearly every orchard, from several miles
east of CORTLAND to beyond Tyler Island,
and on both shores of the river. The trees
being large and old. effective measures
have been taken, but by few people, vet
more than one has proved that here, as
elsewhere, by thorough work the pest can
DC kept IN check. so lar no cooperation
between the growers has been effected; but
we trust that the coming season will wit
ness step in the right direction. Owing
to the close proximity of orchard to or
chard. the owners, without this co-opera-
ton, effective and hearty, will not succeed
in keeping clean orchards.
Since writing the above l have made
second visit to the section in the month of
June, and was glad to notice a great i'm
provement, many orchards badly infested
a year ago being comparatively clean.